[mrpink44]

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I realize this thread is pretty much one giant recomendations list to begin with, but would anyone care to recommend some tunes to a relative newbie of the jazz genre?

I know I love the classics (Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Dave Brubeck [R.I.P]), but beyond that, the most jazz I've listened to has been from the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks (good stuff if you haven't heard of it)

 
I love the classics as well, but I'm also a big supporter of current jazz artists - modern jazz is putting out some really innovative and engaging music. That being said, checkout the following - I tried to pick some albums that are more straight-ahead jazz:
 
Eric Reed - The Baddest Monk
Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Kind of Brown
Donald Harrison Jr - Indian Blues
The Ninety Miles Project (Cuban influenced jazz)
Gregory Porter - Be Good

 

[fleasbaby]

Good starters here:
 
Miles Davis-Kind of Blue
John Coltrane-A Love Supreme
Canonball Adderly-Somethin' Else
Charles Mingus-Ah Um
 
Also, look for anything Miles did on the Prestige label...once you're done with that, and want something freakier:
 
Wayne Shorter-the All Seeing Eye
Ornette Coleman-Free Jazz A Collective Improvization
Sun Ra-the Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra
Sun Ra-Atlantis
Pharoah Sanders-Black Unity
Alice Coltrane-Journey in Satchidinanda
Herbie Hancock-Sextant
Herbie Hancock-Crossings
 
Have fun

 

[PiotrTheGreat]

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I love the classics as well, but I'm also a big supporter of current jazz artists - modern jazz is putting out some really innovative and engaging music. That being said, checkout the following - I tried to pick some albums that are more straight-ahead jazz:
 
Eric Reed - The Baddest Monk
Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Kind of Brown
Donald Harrison Jr - Indian Blues
The Ninety Miles Project (Cuban influenced jazz)
Gregory Porter - Be Good

 
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Good starters here:
 
Miles Davis-Kind of Blue
John Coltrane-A Love Supreme
Canonball Adderly-Somethin' Else
Charles Mingus-Ah Um
 
Also, look for anything Miles did on the Prestige label...once you're done with that, and want something freakier:
 
Wayne Shorter-the All Seeing Eye
Ornette Coleman-Free Jazz A Collective Improvization
Sun Ra-the Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra
Sun Ra-Atlantis
Pharoah Sanders-Black Unity
Alice Coltrane-Journey in Satchidinanda
Herbie Hancock-Sextant
Herbie Hancock-Crossings
 
Have fun

Thanks for the recommends, I'll take a look at them when I get a bit more time.

For now, though, I came across this little gem

 

[doublea71]

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There is Jazz in CT?  Damn, I gotta check this stuff out!

One of Hartford's own and a friend of mine....is making some noise in NYC!
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/arts/music/melissa-aldana-raime-and-others-with-new-music.html?_r=0
 
The Times does note that it is an excellent-sounding recording and gives props to the audio engineer, Ben Rubin. The label is:
 
http://smallslive.com/

 

[Jimmy24]

Bill Evans - Explorations
 

 
 
Solid album. Very original, exciting, and tight improvisations.